Gibson appoint new CEO

Panama_Jack666

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-announces-new-ceo-as-former-levis-president-james-jc-curleigh

It's that Levi's bloke. 

guitars4you

A Levi bloke as CEO of Gibson - surely his secretary has to be called Jean

I hear they are just waiting for final details as well to come out of chapter 11

Strat_a_tat_tat

So... the new man... is he short... and Curleigh?

Panama_Jack666

He'll definitely be the one wearing the trousers in that relationship. 

guitars4you

So the new neck profiles will be

Skinny
Tapered
Slim Taper

new colours will obviously be faded denim blue, black indigo and dark wash

And I bet there are 501 reasons why he got the job

danishbacon

He'll be well clued up on relic techniques for mass manufactured goods

ICBM

danishbacon said:

He'll be well clued up on relic techniques for mass manufactured goods

And selling things for three times what they're actually worth...

(Lifetime 501 wearer here, but I never pay retail price.)

It would actually be nice to see a special run of guitars in denim colours.

Babones

ICBM said:

It would actually be nice to see a special run of guitars in denim colours.

There was some Les Paul in 'denim' finish recently, I believe.

IvisonGuitars

Nice job....wonder how he Wranglered that??

Philly_Q

guitars4you said:

So the new neck profiles will be

Skinny
Tapered
Slim Taper

And Carrot...?

I nearly had a meltdown when I saw that paragraph heading "Christian values" in the MusicRadar article.  False alarm.

terada

guitars4you said:

So the new neck profiles will be

Skinny
Tapered
Slim Taper

new colours will obviously be faded denim blue, black indigo and dark wash

And I bet there are 501 reasons why he got the job

Hopefully not the twisted cut they did years ago

Guitar_Slinger

Riveting.

ICBM

Guitar_Slinger said:

Riveting.

Thinking about it, to completely the look they could do a denim finish with copper and nickel hardware, and gold thread binding...

Whitecat

Philly_Q said:

guitars4you said:

So the new neck profiles will be

Skinny
Tapered
Slim Taper

And Carrot...?

I nearly had a meltdown when I saw that paragraph heading "Christian values" in the MusicRadar article.  False alarm.

Till I realised it was a pun I thought they were taking a leaf out of Taylor’s Scientological values guidebook...

richardhomer

Well that’s a turn up for the books....

breakstuff

Well that's a 'turn up' for the books.

Philly_Q

^  Great minds...

breakstuff

How bizarre.

Guitar_Slinger

breakstuff said:

How bizarre.

Double denim!  You knew it would flare up at some point.

ICBM

Since Status Quo used to endorse Levi's back in the 70s, maybe Gibson will do a Rick Parfitt Tribute Telecaster now...

EricTheWeary

Panama_Jack666 said:

https://www.musicradar.com/news/gibson-announces-new-ceo-as-former-levis-president-james-jc-curleigh

It's that Levi's bloke. 

Well, he certainly made a success out of Reggae Reggae Sauce.